Dead Island manages to blend pieces of other titles into an overall better whole, but is marred by presentation issues and the odd bug. However, overcoming the horrific launch has left a half-decent action title that only just outstays its...

Looking beyond that, Dead Island is still a fun play. Dead Island strands you on a “small” vacation island off the coast of Papua New Guinea during the midst of a zombie outbreak. Though labeled “small”, the island is actually quite large,...

This cinematic trailer was the first glimpse most people had of Techlands new first-person zombie beat-em-up, which takes place on a tropical resort in the heart of Papua New Guinea, just north of Australia. Its beautiful and heart-wrenching, but...

Sun, sand, beautiful women, late night parties and tons of alcohol are some of the things you’d associate with an awesome holiday. Now imagine zombies crashed in on that party, uninvited, eating pretty much everyone around you, beautiful girls...

As I'd thought (following general incompetence that ranged from a poor review cycle to some rather ugly misogyny), Dead Island has been a hard game to review. Yes, there is a great game here, an open world zombie fest that rewards clever planning and...

At its core Dead Island is a mixture of hack and slash gameplay mixed with a number of RPG-ish elements. We play as one of four selectable characters who each have their own back story but essentially we wake up on a holiday island with the place in...

If you like zombies, RPG’s, FPS’s, Borderlands, or if you have warm blood flowing through your vein and are not a zombie, then you will love this game. The environments are beautiful, the gameplay is fun, and the amount of play time that you get for...